This memorial website was created to remember our dearest Laura Dawn Hunter (Meglin) who was born in Elgin, Illinois on February 26, 1968 and passed away on July 19, 2007. You will live forever in our memories and hearts.
Family across the country celebrated Laura's 40th Birthday on February 26, 2008.
From her sister Heather in Oregon
From her Aunt Mary in Florida
From her sister in law Andrea, brother Andrew, mother Lucy, sister Megan, step grandmother Ruby, and oldest son Brad in Oregon
Laura Dawn (Meglin) Hunter, 39, of Carbondale, KS. Formerly of Vancouver, WA and Carpentersville, IL. She passed away Thursday, July 19, 2007 as a result of injuries sustained in a automobile accident.
She was born February 26, 1968 in Elgin, IL the daughter of Robert C. Meglin and Lucille A. Osborne. Laura attended Kings Road Elementary, Perry Middle School and Dundee Crown High School all in Carpentersville graduating in 1986. She graduated with honors from Concorde Career Institute in Portland, OR as a Certified Medical Assistant in January, 2003.
She worked at the Portland V.A. Medical Center with her mother, Lucy, in the Primary Care Clinic until moving to Kansas in 2006.
Laura married Jimmy W. Hunter June 28, 2006. He survives. Other survivors include her sons, Bradley Boley 20 yrs, Aaron Stegall 12 yrs, Zachary Stegall 9 yrs, her mother and step father William R. and Lucille Osborne Carter, Portland, OR; sisters, Mary Staples (Frank), Scranton, KS; Heather Hara (Brent), Portland, OR; Megan Thompson, Portland, OR; brothers James Weiher (Sharon), Bolingbrook, IL; Russell Weiher, Lombard, IL; Andrew Weiher (Andrea), Clackamas, OR; Patrick Meglin, Elk Grove Village, IL; step-sisters, Kathleen Carter, Portland, OR; Patricia Hedges (Cory), St Helens, OR; grandmothers, Marjorie Osborne, Carpentersville, IL; Ruby Carter, Scappoose, OR; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert C. Meglin, grandparents Frank and Marion Meglin and Myron H. Osborne
Laura was cremated. A Celebration of Life service was held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 28, 2007 at the Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel. Another memorial service is planned for Portland, Or. Inurnment Services will be in Elgin, IL at a later date.
Thank you Cindy for creating this!
To all Laura's angel friends watching over us:
you are all loved and missed very much.
Laura is a loving
Mother
Daughter
Sister
Wife
Granddaughter
Aunt
Cousin
Niece
and friend.
We all miss you!
Thank you Tammy for sending our loving notes up
to our angels above!
What's in a name?
Laura ~ meaning "the laurel tree, symbolic of honor and victory."
Dawn ~ meaning "Sunrise."
We will remember her forever.
Laura's siblings, left to right:
Megan, Heather, Andrew, (Laura), Mary, Jim, Russell
In Memory of You
I find an old photograph
and see your smile.
As I feel your presence anew,
I am filled with warmth
and my heart remembers love.
I read an old card
sent many years ago
during a time of turmoil and confusion.
The soothing words written then
still caress my spirit
and bring me peace.
I remember who you used to be
the laughter we shared
and wonder what you have become.
Where are you now,
Where did you go,
When the body is left behind
and the spirit is released to fly?
Perhaps you are the morning bird
singing joyfully at sunrise,
or the butterfly that dances
so carelessly on the breeze
or the rainbow of colors
that brightens a stormy sky
or the fingers of afternoon mist
delicately reaching over the mountains
or the final few rays of the setting sun
lighting up the skies
edging the clouds with a magical glow.
I miss your being
but I feel your presence,
In whatever form you choose to take,
however you now choose to be.
Your spirit has become for me
a guardian angel on high
guiding, advising, and watching over me.
I remember you.
You are with me
and I am not afraid.
© 1996 Kirsti A. Dyer, MD, MS. All rights reserved.
~ She is Gone ~
You can shed tears that she is gone
or you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come back
or you can open your eyes and see all she’s left.
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember her and only that she’s gone
or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back or you can do what she’d want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on.
David Harkins, © 1981
Silloth, Cumbria, UK
I AM WAITING ON YOU
May God's Hands be on your shoulder
as you grow ill or much older
To know that you are never alone
One day He will take you Home
We may feel sad or even depressed
Because we can't do as all the rest
Just remember, my sweet friend
Everything must come to an end
Even in our suffering and our pain
We know we will never be the same
Never give up ! Just do what you must
Just give it to God, in Him place your trust
Be Happy that He has faith in you
He has much more for you to do
Show the world and the people everywhere
It is the Heart that we must take good care
A loving heart is worth more than gold
It reaches into your very soul
No matter the pain we go thru
Giving a smile is something you can do
When you smile, it comes back to you
So one day LAURA DAWN and JESUS awaits
sitting There at heaven's gates
Please visit Laura's other website at:
http://laura-hunter.memory-of.com
| Mom |
| Jimmy Hunter |
I miss our life. 
The best part of all was seeing the joy in your eyes each time the boys hit the jackpot.
It was truly by far, my best Christmas ever. I'm glad it was with you. Honey, you were more than a wife. You were, without question my best friend. I enjoyed our time together. Because of our history, i suppose that was the reason we couldn't hardly stand to be away from each other. We never spent a night apart. Merry Christmas my love. i hope your family brought joy to your heart and a smile in those beautiful eyes of yours as you watched from heaven. I love ya LAURA D. ........... You're my angel. I guess the song by Aerosmith fits me now. You're my angel. Good night baby. See you in my dreams.
| Lucy Carter-Mom |
I guess it's time to add another memory of you when you were little, Laura.
When you were about 3 years old you had developed into a very smart, but headstrong little girl. You believed you could do anything. You kept wanting to walk to the local store to get candy. Some older kids had brought you with them once. I kept telling you,"No. You're too little to cross the street by yourself." One morning you were watching Seseme Street while I tended to Mary who was about 1 1/2 by then. When I went back to the living room, you were GONE. I searched all over the house. Nothing!! I was frantic. You were still in your PJs, robe and slippers. I got the next door neighbor to watch Mary while I went to look for you. I checked with the other neighbors. No one had seen you. I searched and searched, calling out your name and becoming more frightened by the minute. I have no idea how long you were gone. Time seemed to stand still. I was just about to call the police when I saw you walking back with some other small kids from the neighborhood. I was so relieved. When I asked you all were you had been you said that you went to the store. I told you that you knew I told you not to, but you said that I said you are too young to go ALONE and you weren't alone. I couldn't believe that a 3 year old would rationalize like that. But, you did and I learned a valuable lesson about wording my directives to you very carefully.
| Lucy Carter-Mom |
You were only 8 months old when I got pregnant with your sister, Mary. There I was 21 years old and already having my second child. I worried about whether I could love another child as much as I loved you. Then the day before you turned 17 months old your sister was born. Any fears I had about loving her as much as I did you disappeared. She was as precious to me as you were. She was a few days old when we picked you up on our way home from the hospital. You had been told that you were going to be getting a new baby, but to you everything that moved was a goggie (doggie). We introduced you to Mary and you were like "Okay that's nice." and went off to play. Then when we were getting in the car and you saw Mary, You looked at me and said with a Question in your voice, "Goggie go Bye-bye?". I told you that it was not a doggie and that it was your new baby sister, Mary. You seemed okay with that, but I wondered if you would feel jealous because I was so busy with the new baby. I shouldn't have worried. You loved being the big sister. We had diaper service and I would send you over to get 1 in one hand for Mary and 2 in the other hand for you. And as young as you were you figured out. A few weeks after Mary was born someone came to visit the new baby and asked to hold her. When I handed her over to them, you freaked out and tried to grab her away. You said, "No! My baby!" I think you were afraid they were going to try to take her away. I calmed you down and explained that they just wanted to hold our baby. When you and Mary grew up, you continued to be closer than I could have imagined. You followed each other across the country. When one moved, the other was soon to follow. You didn't ever want to be too far apart. When you had only boys and Mary had only girls, you both said that Laura had the boys and Mary had the girls and so Laura's boys were Mary's boys and Mary's girls were Laura's girls. Even though you fought like normal siblings, the love you felt for each other was clear to everyone. And so now Mary is being, as Zach once called her, Aunt Mom. She will love your boys as if she had given birth to them. And so you can rest easy about that, my love.
Missing you forever, Mom
| Lucy Carter-Mom |
| mom 2 Waylon Kitchens | Thinking of you |
| ROSE GRMA TO | ANGEL BRITTANY SYFERT |
| mom 2 Waylon Kitchens | thinkin of you |
Have you ever wondered what makes the wind blow?
Could it be our loved ones blowing us a kiss?
Have you ever wondered what makes the stars shine?
Is it our loved ones keeping watch over us while we sleep?
Have you ever wondered what makes the skies cry?
Could it be our loved ones missing us?
Have you ever wondered what makes the sun shine?
Is it our loved ones giving us a warm hug?
Have you ever wondered what makes the ocean waves come pounding to shore?
Could it be our loved ones wanting to touch us once more?
There are so many of natures wonders and do we really know why?
Is there a higher power making sure we always remember the loved one we’ve lost and shall never forget.
| Anne Dtr to Angel John Fromm | Memorial Day |
Hoping you have a special day spending it with many heroes, including yourself. You are a hero to your friends and family here and are their Guardian Angel. Have a peaceful day.
| Anne Dtr to Angel John Fromm | Mothers Day |
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A Mother's Love
There are times when only a mother's loveCan understand our tears,
Can soothe our disappoints
And calm all of our fears.
There are times when only a mother's love
Can share the joy we feel
When something we've dreamed about
Quite suddenly is real.
There are times when only a mother's faith
Can help us on life's way
And inspire in us the confidence
We need from day to day.
For a mother's heart and a mother's faith
And a mother's steadfast love
Were fashioned by the angels
And sent from God above.
--Author Unknown
Happy Mothers Day in Heaven sweet Laura. May the sun shine upon those you love as a sign of your presence in its rays.
